Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-30
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THE CORNWALL CREAMERY.

There were received at the Cornwall
creamery during the season of 1887,
Coz, 1923 pounds milk, from which were
made 80, $50 lbs. butter as weighed after
it was packed ready for market, being
one pound for every 20.s4 lbs. of milk re-
ceived. A large share of this milk was
bought at the same price paid by the OF
ter Creek creamery of Sudbury from
month to month, with the exception of
the month of September, when we paid
ten cents hundred more than was paid
by that creamery. Yet enough was
made by the pound and the proceeds di-
vided in proportion to the amount of but
ter made from the milk of each patron to
enable us to compare the two modes of
disposing of the milk and show to the
farmers which mode will yield the best
returns to them.
In order to make the comparison as
perfect as possible, we have selected from
our list Of patrons as representatives of
the two ways those whose milk was of
nearly the same quality as shown by our
tests.
DR.. Bond chose to have his butter made
and take his proportion of the receipts of
sale, and realized for the entire season 50
cents and mills per hundred lbs for his
milk. A. II. Hubbard did the same and
realized 81 cents per hundred. f. ID.
Scarf chose to sell his milk and we
bought it upon the terms above stated
till the LIST of October, when he changed
and we made his butter and sold it for
him during October and November. Had
he had it made and taken his proportion till
October he would have received S54.7S
more than he did receive; and during Oc-
tober and November, by hiring his but
ter made, he received S3l IA more than
he would had he sold his milk c.
NJ. James chose to sell his milk and we
bought it till about the lst of September,
when he took it out, raised his cream and
sold it to the West Salisbury creamery
during September and October. and we
bought it again through November. Had
his share of the proceeds during the time
we bought his milk, he would have re-
ceived S67.3l more than he did receive.
The fact that Mr.. James took out his milk,
raised and sold his cream for II time en-
abes us to compare that system also.
During the time he raised and sold his
cream he received about Sl.05 hundred
for his milk. while at the same time DR..
Bond received 81 %. \. ii. Hubbard Sl.36
and E. ID. Scarf during October 81 .495.
Mr. James milk yielded while he raised
and sold his cream about 4.31 lbs. butter
to 100 lbs. milk; at the same time we
made for DR.. Bond SIS. \. II. Hubbard
CA and f. ID. Scarf. during October.
6.91 lbs. butter to each 100 lbs. milk.
During November we made from Mr..
James milk S.41 lbs. butter from each
100 lbs. milk and had he hired his but
ter made his milk for November would
have netted him Sl.9lS per 100 lbs.
These comparisons might be extended
indefinitely, but they are sufficient to
show to farmers the comparative merits
of the different methods of disposing of
their milk to the creamery men and lead
them to consider whether it were better
to sell their milk for much less than it is
worth or to be to the expense of build
ing and maintaining extensive ice houses,
which at the best are short-iyed and
costly, purchase necessary apparatus,
perform nearly as much labor as was for
merly necessary in the complete manu-
facture of butter by old methods, to raise
the crea :. simply to have it taken away.
churned, packed and marketed, or pat
ronize separator, where the best posi-
BILE results are obtained in the quantity,
quality and selling value of the product
and receive each his just proportion of
the proceeds.
But some may be inclined to ask why
we do not keep still, buy all the milk we
can and get all out of it possible for our
selves. Our answer is this. We went into
this business with the full determination
to conduct it upon fair and honorable
principles, and after deducting reason
able amount TO compensate Us for our
trouble and expense, give to each of our
patrons the full value of the property
entrusted to our care: and there is no
class in our country at the present time
who need the full value of their products
more than the farmers.
y. b. DOUGLAS q Son.
Cornwall, Dec. 10, 1857.